| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: and avoided even naming the subject. But his
plump, pretty little sister-in-law was unabashed.
She continued to regard him with the same gentle,
imploring look in her blue eyes, sighing even more
deeply.
"Michael, mon bon ami, have pity on her.
She is only human."
"I never doubted that," said Michael Ivano-
vich with a bitter smile.
"She is your daughter."
"She was--but my dear Aline, why talk about
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Silas Marner by George Eliot: "Well, then, Master Marner," said Dolly, inwardly rejoiced, "I'll
ask Mr. Macey to speak to the parson about it; and you must fix on a
name for it, because it must have a name giv' it when it's
christened."
"My mother's name was Hephzibah," said Silas, "and my little
sister was named after her."
"Eh, that's a hard name," said Dolly. "I partly think it isn't a
christened name."
"It's a Bible name," said Silas, old ideas recurring.
"Then I've no call to speak again' it," said Dolly, rather
startled by Silas's knowledge on this head; "but you see I'm no
Silas Marner |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyes: and radiant, and which are clinging in the teeth of the comb;
they surely never grew anywhere else." Then the knight replied:
"Upon my word, there are plenty of queens and kings; what queen
do you mean?" And she answered: "In truth, fair sire, it is of
King Arthur's wife I speak." When he hears that, he has not
strength to keep from bowing his head over his saddle-bow. And
when the damsel sees him thus, she is amazed and terrified,
thinking he is about to fall. Do not blame her for her fear, for
she thought him in a faint. He might as well have swooned, so
near was he to doing so; for in his heart he felt such grief that
for a long time he lost his colour and power of speech. And the
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